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</head><body bgcolor=white><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b>The GUI Properties Editor<br>
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The GUI Properties
editor enables you to change the properties of single or
multiply-selected form components. It comprises three separate editors:<br>
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  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">One for editing the properties of the selected GUI component(s)</font></small></li>
  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">One for changing the layout and layout constraints for the selected component(s)</font></small></li>
  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">One for setting event listeners for the selected component(s)</font></small><br>
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<small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If multiple components
are selected then only those properties which the components have in
common will be shown, and setting a property/event/layout will set it
for all selected components.<br>
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When the main editor is maximized </font></small><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">by clicking on the editor's name tab in Eclipse, </font></small><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">and the horizontal split of the form/source editors is selected&nbsp; the properties editor takes on the form below.<br>
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</font></small><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"></font></small><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><img src="images/props_editor1.PNG" title="" alt="" width="546" height="188"><br>
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</font></small><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Names
of any properties which have been
set to non-default values are followed by an asterisk (in the above
screenshot,
the "text" property of the selected button has been set to
"Cancel". For boolean properties, the default behaviour is to toggle
between true and false if the checkbox is clicked. This single-click
behaviour can be changed to a double-click by a setting in the <a href="preferences_page.html">Preferences Page</a>.<br>
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</font></small><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If the vertical split is selected for </font></small><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">the form/source editors then the three property editors are</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> arranged in a tabbed panel, as shown below. </font></small><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">If the main editor is <i>not </i>maximized,
then the GUI Properties editor can be switched between tabbed layout
and side-by-side layouts by using the toggle-button at the top of the
properties editor.<br>
<img src="images/props_editor2.PNG" title="" alt="" width="214" height="278"><br>
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